In the Forest of Death.
Sasuke's group of six gathered once again.
Temari looked conflictedly at Kankuro and their other teammate hanging from the tree.
Then she looked at Gaara, who wore an innocent expression and carried a gourd on his back.
"Gaara, you..."
"Big sister, we're enemies now."
Gaara interrupted her.
The words Temari had wanted to say caught in her throat, and her expression darkened.
"But I don't want to be enemies with you, big sister."
Temari's pupils trembled slightly at his words, and a bitter expression appeared on her face.
"That's impossible. Unless you return to Sunagakure, we can only be enemies."
"Then why can't big sister join Wave Country instead?"
Gaara asked.
"Huh?"
Temari froze for a moment before her expression turned serious. "Gaara, I'm the Fourth Kazekage's daughter. Sunagakure raised me. I could never betray Sunagakure!"
"Big sister, the leader said that war is about to begin. Before the tide of the times, even Sunagakure is nothing more than a grain of dust!"
"Even so, I'll die alongside Sunagakure!"
"But Sunagakure won't disappear. It will become Sunagakure of Wave Country."
"Just as Sunagakure is now a shinobi village of the Land of Wind, Sunagakure will become an ordinary village of Wave Country."
"Wh... what do you mean?"
From Gaara's words, Temari felt as though she had understood something.
Why did this feel so different from the previous Shinobi World Wars?
"Wave Country will annex the Land of Wind, and the leader will become the only daimyo in this world."
"Gaara! Have you people gone insane?!"
After hearing Gaara's words, Temari stared at him in utter disbelief.
"Just as I thought, big sister can't understand us through words alone."
There was no surprise on Gaara's face. "Do you want to go take a look at Wave